Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Please explain
I hadn't really formulated a reaction to all the fuss about what Don Imus said and then I decided to think about it. Okay, he said something that was clearly extremely rude and tasteless. But what exactly is news-worthy about that? Being rude and tasteless is his stock in trade, isn't it?? And are we really supposed to believe that what he said even registered on the Rutgers girls' radar - - - - until the media picked it up and ran with it? The basketball phenoms were justifiably thrilled and proud of themselves so why would some aging hippie's idiotic remarks make any difference? I don't think they did. Hey, if you don't want to listen to someone be rude and tasteless, don't listen to him. If you want him off the air, don't buy his advertisers' wares. And what I really want to know is this: are we going to hear about every rude and tasteless remark made by Opie & Anthony or Howard Stern? No, of course not. Hey, do you think Al Sharpton decided to make a big stink about Imus's remark because his daughter goes to Temple and the game Imus was riffing on was where Rutgers beat Temple??

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Blogger DADvocate — at 11:15 PM, April 11, 2007:
I actually blogged about this before many others but I didn't make a accusation of racism, just bad taste. My main complaint is that I know how hard these girls worked to reach the level of success they have. My youngest sister played Division I college basketball. Beginning grade school she practiced, worked out, ran, etc. 2-3 hours a day, year round.

The players at Rutgers, black and white, deserve more credit.

Sharpton and Jackson are race baiters who need to clean up their own acts much more than point fingers at others. I think an apology from Imus should have sufficed but the sharks are in a feeding frenzy.
 

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